How to change IIS Express site name in Visual studio project
Solution 1
1 ) find YourWebSite.sln file
2) open with notepad
3) in 5 or 6th line, find you website name, rename it
4) save&exit
Solution 2
I had the same problem for HTTPS and Visual Studio 2015.
The IIS Express configuration file :
"C:\Users{username}\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config" didn´t have the reference for my site.
I found the reference inside the solution directory in a hide directory
"{Solution}\.vs\config\applicationhost.config"
I removed the entry for the old copy site, closed and reopen the project and everything was right.
Solution 3
- Open with sublime text3
- Find folder .vs > config > applicationhost.config
- Searh old Site name & Change new name
- save
Comments
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BobNoobGuy almost 2 years
Hi I have two solution file one is called WWSearch and the other WWSearchDev. WWSearchDev was copied from WWSearch. both solution has ASP.net web form project.
I searched everywhere in WWSearchDev for the word "WWSearch" and it has no reference to "WWSearch". But when I run the code IIS express still says the site name is WWSearch
The problem is the path of WWSearchDev should be C:\VSS\WWSearchDev. *see screenshot.
I tried adding a new site in IIE express application config file in C:\Users\%username%\Documents\IISExpress\config\Applicationhost.config. but It still not working
please help.. Thank you
This is the applicationhost.config for IIS
<sites> <site name="WebSite1" id="1" serverAutoStart="true"> <application path="/"> <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="%IIS_SITES_HOME%\WebSite1" /> </application> <bindings> <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation=":8080:localhost" /> </bindings> </site> <site name="WWSearch" id="2"> <application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool"> <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\VSS\WWSearch" /> </application> <bindings> <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:49454:localhost" /> </bindings> </site> <site name="WWSearchDev" id="3"> <application path="/" applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool"> <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\VSS\WWSearchDev" /> </application> <bindings> <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:52184:localhost" /> </bindings> </site> <siteDefaults> <logFile logFormat="W3C" directory="%IIS_USER_HOME%\Logs" /> <traceFailedRequestsLogging directory="%IIS_USER_HOME%\TraceLogFiles" enabled="true" maxLogFileSizeKB="1024" /> </siteDefaults> <applicationDefaults applicationPool="Clr4IntegratedAppPool" /> <virtualDirectoryDefaults allowSubDirConfig="true" /> </sites>
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mohsen solhnia almost 10 yearsfor find *.sln, click on solution in visual studio and see path address in properties_______for rename solution, right-click, then rename.
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David Rogers almost 6 yearsBefore changing the name of the project and the name in the solution, clean the solution to get rid of the existing DLLs.
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bmiller over 4 yearsI found my applicationhost.config in: C:\Projects\ProjectFolder\.vs\ProjectFolder\config
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Mike almost 4 yearsFor anyone else that didn't know what "Sublime Text3" is ---- it is a text editor. You can use any text editor you like, including Notepad.
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hubert17 over 3 yearsThis is the very correct answer! And you only have to change this... Project("{Some_GUID}") = "PROJECT_NAME_change_this", "PROJECT_NAME_no_need_to_change.csproj", "{Some_GUID}"